Initial contract until 30 June 2027 | Queensland Government | Brisbane
The Opportunity
Our client is undertaking a significant, enterprise-wide transformation program focused on modernising its technology landscape, strengthening organisational capabilities and improving how services are delivered. As part of this transformation, an experienced Solution Architect - Security is required to provide architectural leadership across a portfolio of Cyber Security initiatives.
Working across multiple projects and programmes, you will provide architectural guidance to internal stakeholders and vendors, ensuring proposed solutions align with enterprise architecture, security standards, strategic objectives and broader technology direction.
About the Role
The Solution Architect - Security will have a broad focus across four key cyber security capability areas:
Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)
– supporting the progression of a new capability currently moving through the procurement phase.
Workforce Identity and Access Management (WIAM)
– supporting capabilities delivered through the SailPoint platform.
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
– supporting capabilities delivered through Microsoft Purview.
Cyber Hygiene
– contributing to a portfolio of initiatives designed to strengthen security controls, practices and the organisation's overall security posture.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Developing and maintaining Solution Overview Documents,
High-Level Designs and other key architecture artefacts.
- Providing architectural leadership across cyber security projects and programmes.
- Reviewing and overseeing detailed solution designs developed by implementation partners and vendors.
- Ensuring security solutions align with enterprise architecture principles, technology standards and strategic objectives.
- Working closely with cyber security, technology and business stakeholders to translate requirements into practical and sustainable solutions.
- Supporting business case development, solution selection, implementation planning and delivery.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will be an experienced Solution Architect with a robust background in cyber security architecture and the ability to operate across complex enterprise environments.
You will ideally bring:
- Demonstrated experience delivering solution architecture across complex cyber security programs or enterprise transformation initiatives.
- Strong knowledge of Identity and Access Management, including CIAM and/or WIAM environments.
- Experience with platforms such as SailPoint and/or Microsoft Purview will be highly regarded.
- Strong understanding of cyber security architecture, security controls, data protection and enterprise technology environments.
- Experience working within large, complex or highly regulated organisations will be advantageous.